Teekay

[3] Teekay was founded in 1973 by Torben Karlshoej, then a 31 year old Danish ship broker who had emigrated to the United States at the age of 20 and mostly worked on farms.

It maintained a head office in the Bahamas, thus taking advantage of low corporate taxes.

Most of its ships were registered in Liberia, thus taking advantage of the comparatively low taxes and the ability to recruit seafarers from across the world.

This was followed in 2007, with the Russian tanker Che Guevara which was subsequently converted into the FPSO Petrojarl Cidade de Rio das Ostras.

In 2006, Petrojarl ASA was demerged from Petroleum Geo-Services and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

[16] Teekay currently operates a fleet of conventional tankers, under head offices in Canada, London, Manila, Mumbai, Bermuda and Singapore, along with a marine services arm based in Australia.

This is the FPSO Petrojarl Knarr designed for offshore oil production. It was owned in 2015 by shipping company Teekay, and was built by Samsung Heavy Industry ’s shipyard in South Korea . It will be operating from Q4 2014 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea for British company BG Group , producing 63,000 barrels of oil per day. Here it is shot at the Aibel shipyard in Haugesund, Norway as it undergoes final preparations before leaving for the North Sea.
Close-up view of FPSO Petrojarl Knarr on 25 October 2014 just before it was commissioned
The 93.9 metre Investigator has room onboard for up to 40 scientists, who can stay at sea for up to 60 days and cover up to 10,000 nautical miles in a single voyage. The contract to design, build and commission the vessel was awarded to Teekay Holdings Australia , which partnered with Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore because of its track record and strong commitment to new technologies and innovation.